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Studtite & Yingjiangite

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Studtite & Yingjiangite

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Description
Locality: 
Kladská, Mariánské Lázně, Cheb, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 3.4 × 2.7 cm
Description

You are bidding on an excellent, rich and large sample with beautiful needles of pale yellow studtite crystals with thousands of tiny, bladed yingjiangite plates in vugs of highly altered saleeite and possible vochtenite. Very rich, old time specimen. 

Mineral Data
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Studtite

Formula: 
[(UO2)(O2)(H2O)2]·H2O
Strunz: 
4.GA.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Yingjiangite

Formula: 
K2Ca(UO2)7(PO4)4(OH)6·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.10
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Uranium occurrence, Tongbiguan, Yingjiang Co., Dehong Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China

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